Nancy Lavin is senior reporter covering state politics, energy and environmental issues for the Rhode Island Current, which ...

The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon. “The States have ...

Oregon’s cities will push the state Legislature to give them more money for roads, water and sewers and more power to remove homeless camps.

President Donald Trump’s pardon of nearly all the rioters in the U.S. Capitol break-in on Jan. 6, 2021 should resonate with ...

The number of homicides across the United States declined by 16% in 2024, continuing a recent downward trajectory, according ...